New Ulster Gazette – 1851 – No. 36

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✨ Borough of Auckland Elections and Appointments

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate.

By His Excellency’s Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.

Vol. IV. AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 1851. No. 36.

BOROUGH OF AUCKLAND.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, November 25th, 1851.

HIS Excellency the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR directs it to be notified for general information, that on TUESDAY, the 18th instant, pursuant to the Provisions of the Charter of Incorporation, the following Burgesses were elected Common Councillors of the Borough of Auckland :—

Edwin Davy, merchant, East Town Ward.
Archibald Clark, draper, Middle Town Ward.
Patrick Dignan, publican, West Town Ward.
Frederick Ward Merriman, solicitor, Suburban East Ward.
Augustus B. Abraham, lawyer, Suburban South Ward.
James O’Neill, settler, Suburban West Ward.
Samuel Norman, publican, Onehunga Ward.
Theodore M. Haultain, staff-officer, Panmure Ward.
John Annesley Hickson, staff-officer, Otahuhu Ward.
Alexander McDonald, staff-officer, Howick Ward.
Joseph Newman, farmer, Epsom East Ward.
William Powditch, settler, Epsom West Ward.
William Innes Taylor, farmer, Tamaki West Ward.
William Mason, farmer, Tamaki East Ward.

His Excellency further directs it to be notified that on SATURDAY, the 22nd instant, the Common Councillors of the Borough, after having taken the oath prescribed by law, elected

ARCHIBALD CLARK, draper, of the Middle Town Ward, to be the MAYOR of the said Borough for the ensuing year ; and,

PATRICK DIGNAN, publican, West Town Ward ;
JAMES O’NEILL, settler, Suburban West Ward ;
WILLIAM POWDITCH, settler, Epsom West Ward ;
WILLIAM MASON, farmer, Tamaki East Ward,

to be the ALDERMEN of the said Borough for the ensuing year.

His Excellency the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR having delivered the following Address, presented to the Common Council the Charter of Incorporation by which the District of Auckland has been erected into a Municipality.

ADDRESS.

MR. MAYOR AND GENTLEMEN,—

As you have now become qualified to enter upon the discharge of your official duties as the Representatives of the newly-constituted Body Corporate, I avail myself, with pleasure, of the earliest opportunity to deliver into your custody, to be preserved amongst the records of the Borough, the Charter of Incorporation by which the District of Auckland has been erected into a Municipality.

The Deeds of Transfer necessary for conveying to you the Lands set apart as Endowments towards the support of the Institutions to be entrusted to the management of the Corporation, will be placed in your possession so soon as your Town Clerk shall be appointed, or some other person shall be authorized to receive the same, and the several sums of money applicable to the maintenance of these institutions will, as they become due, be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the Borough, when an officer shall have been appointed by you to act in that capacity.

VUW Te Waharoa — New Ulster Gazette 1851, No 36

The short-lived province of New Ulster never had an established council building (in fact, the New Ulster Legislative Council never met). The Province was led by Lieutenant-Governor George Dean-Pitt, whose residence was a regency style villa (depicted) at the top of Greys Avenue, Auckland.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Election of Common Councillors for Borough of Auckland

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated25 November 1851
KeywordsElections, Common Councillors, Borough of Auckland, Municipal Governance
👱🏽 Names

14 names identified

Edwin Davy, Elected Common Councillor for East Town Ward
Archibald Clark, Elected Common Councillor for Middle Town Ward
Patrick Dignan, Elected Common Councillor for West Town Ward
Frederick Ward Merriman, Elected Common Councillor for Suburban East Ward
Augustus B. Abraham, Elected Common Councillor for Suburban South Ward
James O’Neill, Elected Common Councillor for Suburban West Ward
Samuel Norman, Elected Common Councillor for Onehunga Ward
Theodore M. Haultain, Elected Common Councillor for Panmure Ward
John Annesley Hickson, Elected Common Councillor for Otahuhu Ward
Alexander McDonald, Elected Common Councillor for Howick Ward
Joseph Newman, Elected Common Councillor for Epsom East Ward
William Powditch, Elected Common Councillor for Epsom West Ward
William Innes Taylor, Elected Common Councillor for Tamaki West Ward
William Mason, Elected Common Councillor for Tamaki East Ward

👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Appointment of Mayor and Aldermen for Borough of Auckland

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated25 November 1851
KeywordsAppointments, Mayor, Aldermen, Borough of Auckland, Municipal Governance
👱🏽 Names

Archibald Clark, Elected Mayor of Borough of Auckland
Patrick Dignan, Elected Alderman of Borough of Auckland
James O’Neill, Elected Alderman of Borough of Auckland
William Powditch, Elected Alderman of Borough of Auckland
William Mason, Elected Alderman of Borough of Auckland

👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🏘️ Presentation of Charter of Incorporation to Borough of Auckland

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Dated25 November 1851
KeywordsCharter of Incorporation, Municipal Governance, Borough of Auckland
👩‍💼 Officials

Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

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